George Leo Haydock, on Lam 2:2

“Beth. The Lord hath cast down headlong, and hath not spared, all that was beautiful in Jacob: he hath destroyed in his wrath the strong holds of the virgin of Juda, and brought them down to the ground: he hath made the kingdom unclean, and the princes thereof.”

“Unclean, or treated it as such. (Calmet) — Septuagint, “he hath accounted profane the kings.” (Haydock) — Joakim, Jechonias, Sedecias, and the royal family, were exposed to the greatest ignominy and sufferings. (Calmet)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.